Animal Welfare Professionals

Research Sneak Peek! What do 5 million spay/neuter surgeries at 4000 private practices tell us about the age of spay/neuter in cats? The national spay/neuter workforce shortage has reduced surgery capacity across the country, especially in low-cost access to care clinics. The "Fix ... See More

I totally agree with you Dr. Powell. And it's been unfortunate that recent debate about spay/neuter surgery in dogs is casting a negative shadow over surgery in cats, especially among private practice vets. There's no evidence for that, but the stigma they've heard about is being generalized far ... See More

Some of the Questions that didn't get answered during the follow up Q&A call: "For Monika- if feral mom has the kittens and are less than 4 weeks, can the mom be spay and vaccinate or wait to TNVR the mom at that point you remove her from the 4 week kittens?" - Anonymous Attendee I would vaccinate ... See More

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Thanks to everyone who attended the Camp Maddie: Kitten Edition Follow Up Q&A Session on 3/18/25! Our four presenters, @Julie Levy , @Monica Tarant , @Marnie Russ and @Tabitha Kucera fielded a clowder (see what I did there?) of questions during the two-hour event. We'll post some of the questions ... See More

"Ref TNR relocation. I apoloigze I may have missed the answer but what about returning cats to their original location when there is no feeding source other than rats/mice? There is no housing areas near a location that is flooded with cats in an environemnt that is essentially a major junk yard with ... See More

"Do you adopt to people that come in realy drunk or high? Are they legally able to sign the adoption contract with them being impaired?" - @Charity Schwank I would not adopt to a person who is under the influence, but this is challenging from an HR perspective. Before you ask, or suggest, that a ... See More

"Where can we find National, state & local stats?" - @rosalie hathcock Both Shelter Animals Count and the Best Friends Animal Society national data set are terrific sources for shelter statistics. Shelter Animals Count Data Dashboards: https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/explore-the-data/data-dashboards-2/ ... See More

"My local shelter is through the county (meaning government-run). They are only open to the public 11-5 tues - sunday. Do you have any suggestions on how to encourage them to extend their hours during the week to (1.) expand the public's opportunities to adopt on a week day and (2.) create the opportunities ... See More